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Sugar Shack

Vessi Beer Fermenter and Dispenser

Chef Benedetto Palazzolo

Drinks, Dinner, Dessert

F

ind out the best places to go for
drinks, dinner and dessert.

Whirlpool Corp., has launched a new
in-home system that ferments, carbonates
and dispenses beer brewed in your home
in just seven days. The Vessi Beer
DRINKS
Fermenter and Dispenser marks
Known locally for its craft cocktails,
a dramatic shift in the home-
Sugar House just picked up a nod
brewing process, allowing you to
from Esquire magazine, naming the
serve your own beer from the tap in
Detroit hot spot one of the “18 Best
days instead of weeks. Production
Bars in America.” The magazine
is scheduled for October, with a
noted the bar as best in the country
launch in test markets in November,
for cocktails and hospitality (2130
and the first 200 units delivered by
Ryan
Michigan Ave.).
December. If you want one, you bet-
Fishman
The Skip is now open in
ter really like beer — the expected
Detroit’s “The Belt” alley between
MSRP is a whopping $1,899. There’s
Broadway and Library (1234 Library St.).
a 15 percent discount available for those who
The new cocktail bar is an outgrowth of the
preorder at www.indiegogo.com.
popular Standby and seats 40 across tables
DINNER
intended for single parties and communal
Tre Monti Ristorante in Troy has a new
dining. A Latin American street food menu
is planned, though not yet available. Outdoor executive chef (1695 E. Big Beaver). The res-
taurant announced last week that Benedetto
seating for 30 will soon launch in the alley.
Palazzolo will helm its team after depart-
I’m not big on beer. Actually, let me
ing Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach. He’s
rephrase that. I can’t stand beer, and I really
a graduate of the International Culinary
don’t understand the appeal whatsoever.
Academy in New York City and Alma,
Having said that, I’ve been told by a con-
Parma, Italy. Palazzolo has worked in some
noisseur or two that good beer can be as
of the most prestigious restaurants in the
carefully cultivated as the things I do drink
world, including three Michelin-starred Jean
— like champagne and coffee. To that end,
Georges in New York City.
W Labs, a division of Benton Harbor-based

DESSERT
You’ll have to head north for the best ice
cream in America, but the readers of USA
Today say it’s right here in the Great Lakes
State. Moomers Homemade Ice Cream in
Traverse City took the top spot in the paper’s
four-week poll that set out to find the best
ice cream parlor in the country. They’ve
carefully cultivated more than 160 flavors
at Moomers, with 20 available daily to the
crowds that line up for a cone or cup. A panel
of experts set a list of 20 nominees, with the
rankings determined by popular vote.

FOR MOREL LOVERS
There’s good news out of Lansing this week
for amateur morel hunters. The Michigan
House of Representatives has voted to
repeal the certification requirement for
both picking and selling the mushrooms.
The law has spent just a year on the books,
part of a broader mushroom food safety
program that required a costly certification
course.
If HB 5582 is passed by the Senate and
signed by the governor, the morel will
go on the list of food items exempt from
required food safety training, over argu-
ments from the Michigan Department of
Agriculture that without proper training

there’s a risk of both illness and death
from fake morels. Even if the requirement
is repealed, restaurants will still be allowed
to purchase only from vendors with the
proper training and certification.

MAZEL TOV …
To Adam Cole and Samantha Schwartz on
their engagement.
To Steven Mamat and Melissa-Ann
Dascola on their engagement.
To Nancy Heinrich, the new CEO of
Jewish Senior Life of Metropolitan Detroit.
To Lauren Holder, named marketing
director at Farbman Group/NAI Farbman in
Southfield.
To New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who
signed a first-in-the-nation executive order
that divests all state public funds from
investments supporting the virulent Boycott,
Divestment, Sanctions campaign against
Israel.
Happy birthday to Treger Strasberg,
Illana Stern, Max Surnow, John Hamburger,
Matt Nosanchuk, David Wolkinson, Jesse
Bernstein, Steven Mamat, Steven Friedman,
Andre Douville, Annie Gordon Thomas, Ian
Goldberg, Allie Singer, Hillary Shaw, Steve
Elkus, Sam Hamburger, Tamir Oppenheim
and Judy Gelman.

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60 June 9 • 2016